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Letters Patent No.. 107,538, dated September 20, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN COVERS FORJBOOTS AND SHOES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part o the'same,

I, WILLIAM E. PRALL, of Washington, District of Columbia, have inventedcertain Improvements in FooteCloaks, of which the following is aspecification.

The natnreof my invention consists in the con.- strnetion of a coveringfor boots and shoes in such a manner as to protect the front part of thefoot and the instep, without extending underneath the sole or around theankle, as the common overshoe or muf, but is confined to the foot by a.strap or anelastio which passes under the instep.

The object ofl this invention is to protect that part of the foot abovementioned, 'and at the same time avoid the bnngling appearance which`results from inskating, as it leaves the sole and heel uncovered, to

attach to the skate.

I claim as my invention- A covering for boots and shoes, constructed as.

shown and described.

WM. E. PRALL.

Witnesses:

ROBT. E. BREWSTEB, J. H. SYPHERD.

